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I am completely new to LaTeX, and I used the template provided by my school to write my dissertation. Now the dissertation is done, but there are bits and pieces of formatting issues I need to address. One of many is to remove items denoted in Roman numerals from the Table of Contents, which are List of Figures and List of Tables (see below).

My ToC

There are many posts about adding the LoF and LoT to the ToC, but not deleting them from the ToC (or if there is, I am having trouble finding it). What I have now is:

\usepackage{titletoc}
...
\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\tableofcontents 
\listoffigures  
\listoftables  

How do I keep the LoF and LoT where they are now (i.e. right after the ToC), but remove them from the ToC?

Sorry if I didn't provide enough code for you to be able to see what's happening here - if so, please let me know. Thank you so much!!

=========== addition below ============

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[numbers,sort]{natbib}
\usepackage{bmpsize}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{tipa}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{xtab}
\restylefloat{table}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\setlength{\parindent}{3em}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{footnote}{chapter}
\usepackage{tablefootnote}
\usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}

\usepackage{guthesis} % Style file for dissertation

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{roman}

\begin{abstract}
This dissertation examines blah blah
\end{abstract}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}


\tableofcontents 

\listoffigures  
\listoftables  


\newpage

\pagenumbering{arabic}  

\chapter{Introduction}
...

\end{document}

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    The package titletoc does not add (if at all) the LoF and Lot to the ToC by itself. Either you have some explicit \addcontentslinesettings or using another package, which does this,e.g. tocbibind
    – user31729
    Jun 6, 2016 at 6:51
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    Please add a compilable document that shows this issue!
    – user31729
    Jun 6, 2016 at 6:58
  • If your school provides the template, they probably expect you to follow it. Discuss any changes with your advisor. Jun 6, 2016 at 17:18
  • Thank you, Christian, and John, for your comments. John, I already emailed the grad school asking why there are so many formatting revision requests when I used the template. I haven't heard back from them. Christian, I just added all the preamble commands above so that you can see better hopefully.. I checked for \addcontentsline, but there is no such setting anywhere in the template (nor I added it). Is it possible that the school template embeds some type of weird setting that made this happen?
    – Sinead-d
    Jun 6, 2016 at 17:42
  • @Sinead-d: I can't compile this, due to lacking of guthesis -- where can we find this? (I suspect that file is the villain!)
    – user31729
    Jun 6, 2016 at 18:14

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Apparently, guthesis is Georgetown University Thesis package file, using \pseudochapter{\listfigurename} and \pseudochapter{\listtablename} for adding the LoF and LoT to the ToC.

(The guthesis.sty can be found in a .zip bundle here: GU Thesis LaTeX template)

Since one should not edit .sty files, a \xpatchcmd can applied, kicking out the 'faulty' usage.

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[numbers,sort]{natbib}
\usepackage{bmpsize}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{tipa}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{xtab}
\restylefloat{table}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\setlength{\parindent}{3em}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{footnote}{chapter}
\usepackage{tablefootnote}
\usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}

\usepackage{guthesis} % Style file for dissertation
\usepackage{xpatch}

\xpatchcmd{\listoffigures}{%
  \pseudochapter{\listfigurename}}{}{}{}

\xpatchcmd{\listoftables}{%
  \pseudochapter{\listtablename}}{}{}{}


\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{roman}

\title{Theory of Brontosaurs}
\author{Ann Elk}

\begin{abstract}
This dissertation examines blah blah
\end{abstract}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}


\tableofcontents 

\listoffigures  
\listoftables  


\newpage

\pagenumbering{arabic}  

\chapter{Introduction}
...

\end{document}

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  • @Sinead-d: You're welcome. Happy TeXing!
    – user31729
    Jun 7, 2016 at 18:46

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